The fall of the Berlin Wall, the breakup of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991 and the end of the Cold War then ushered in the new era of globalization. The admission of China to the World Trade ...

Periods of uncertainty can tempt businesses to chase short-term gains or deviate from their mission. However, clarity of purpose makes decision making easier and more efficient. If every ...

The term black swan, introduced by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (a former option trader and retired New York University professor), refers to unforeseen and consequential events that would lead to ...

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a Lebanese-American author, would shake his head vigorously in disapproval. In his book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Taleb christened the books that are ...

r. Dino Patti Djalal of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI) recently produced a documentary about the peace process in Aceh: The Last Accord: War, Apocalypse, and Peace in Aceh.

Quantum Strategy's David Roche said "NATO is dead" as the US distances itself from European allies and warms up to Russia. That makes Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping the big winners and the US the "big ...

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